Apparently, no occupiers want to defend their stance here. Its easy to be vocal and make big exaggerated claims when your screaming from a crowd. Articulating your case in writing is a different story and would force a discussion on ideas, not just division politics.

Freedom, I agree. We haven't had anything close to a free market in a long time. But don't forget about our psuedo-Socialistic, called Keynsian Economics, that we've had for decades and our leaders and the Fed praise and cling to like rats on a sinking ship. Yet a more honest answer I say is that capitalism or the free market is the least unfair of any system we've ever had. OWS wants communism which is about as fair as slavery or serfdoms

A free and competitive market allocates resources in the most efficient manner. Each person has the right to offer goods and services to others on the free market. The only proper role of government in the economic realm is to protect property rights, adjudicate disputes, and provide a legal framework in which voluntary trade is protected. All efforts by government to redistribute wealth, or to control or manage trade, are improper in a free society.

Unfortunately, we don't have a free market.